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Tentative May 20-22 Finals Program Outlined
Pre-Med Class Receives Diplomas At Exercises Saturday
Colonel Card
Will Address
Graduates
Parade To Be Held
At Five Friday
G r a d u a t i o n P a r a d e for the First
Classmen of t h e Pre-Medical course
will be held at 191700Z (5:00 P. M.
Friday, the 19th i n s t a n t ) ; the Com-m
a n d a n t will issue the necessary
instructions. »
G r a d u a t i o n Exercises will be con-ducted
at 200900Z (9:00 A. M., Sat-urday,
the 20th instant.) First Class
Sections will be dismissed at 0845
(8:45 A. M.). The class will be as-sembled
at 0855 (8:55 A. M.) and
marched by the class president to
J a c k s o n Memorial Hall. The uni-f
o rm will be as for c h u r c h cadet of-f
i c e r s w e a r i n g sashes.
The Board of Visitors and heads
of departments, not having classes
f o r the second class period, will as-semble
in f r o n t of the old l i b r a ry
at 0855 (8:55 A. M.); in case of in-clement
weather, the assembly will
be in the lobby of Jackson Mem-orial
Hall. They will follow the
F i r s t Class into J a c k s o n Hall and be
seated on the p l a t f o r m . U n i f o rm for
officers, olive drab. Members of the
f a c u l t y and staff, t h e i r families and
guests are invited to attend. Cadets
e x p e c t i n g t h e i r p a r e n t s or f r i e n d s to
be present are requested to notify
Colonel Millner in order that the
seats may be reserved.
The following program is an-nounced:
Invocation
Announcement of Distinctions,
Address by the President, First
Class,
Award of t h e "Alfred H. Knowles
1933 Award", by Lt. Col. Rob-e
r t P. Carroll.
Address by Col. Daniel P. Card,
Surgeon, V. M. I.
Auld Lang Syne.
Benediction.
Release on the r e s e r v a t i o n f o r the
F i r s t Class till third class period
when normal routine will be re-sumed.
I t l t J l C u b ct
of
e Virginia Military Institute
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE COUPS OF CADETS
VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 15,1943 NUMBER 21
Freddie Lee's Orchestra To Play for Hop Saturday
Colonel Hepner Reveals VMI Artillery Motorization
Joseph Parrish
Institute Carpenter
Dies in Carolina
Word was received here yesterday
t h a t Joseph Vernon Parrish, known
a r o u n d the Institute as "Shorty",
died Saturday, March 13, at Greens-boro,
North Carolina.
P a r r i s h began work as a carpen-t
e r at t h e I n s t i t u t e in September of
1927, and worked steadily until he
became ill about six weeks ago. He
went to his home in Greensboro on
March 6. S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r he suf-f
e r e d a set-back, and death claimed
h im on Saturday.
Much of t h e equipment in t h e va-r
i o u s d e p a r t m e n t buildings are his
handiwork, as he was a v e r y skilled
c a r p e n t e r . His time was spent in
m a k i n g desks, tables, book-cases,
a n d cabinets f o r t h e academic build-ings.
He also made doors, tables,
a n d other such equipment for
rooms in barracks. S h o r t y was well
known by the officers of the Insti-tute,
t h e Corps of Cadets and fellow
workmen. He always had time to
give of hi? e x t e n s i v e woodworking
knowledge and experience to those
who Indulged in the c a r p e n t r y and
c a b i n e t - m a k i n g as a hobby.
P a r r i s h was born in McCleans-ville,
North Carolina, on August 18,
1885. He is s u r v i v e d by a sister in
Greensboro and by a d a u g h t e r , Mrs.
Paul Laird of Lexington. He will
be sorely missed by a host of
f r i e n d s and acquaintances.
W-L May Have
Pre-Medical Unit
A committee lioin the War De-p
a r t m e n t was on the Wu.-.hiu1 t en
and Lee campus early in the week
making an inspection and discuss-ing
a r r a n g e m e n t s for the possible
• e s t a b l i s h m e n t at the university of
a pre-medical unit in t h e army pro-g
r am of specialized training. Ne-gotiations
are still continuing, ac-cording
to Dr. Francis P. Gaines,
president, but no conclusions have
yet been reached.
Notice!
The regular weekly meeting of
t h e editorial stall' of The Cadet will
be held ill The Cadet Room at tat-too
tonight. All members are espe-cially
urged to be present with
pencils and paper.
Billv Clark's Football Finale may
be attended by all—at the price ol
t w e n t y - l i v e cents a person. Cadets
will pay.
Eight Trucks
Listed Among
Equipment
By RAYMOND YOW
For some time now t h e r u m o r has
c i r c u l a t e d through barracks that
t h e Field A r t i l l e r y was to b e motor-ized.
And perhaps for t h e first time
i n t h e h i s t o r y of t h e I n s t i t u t e a r u -
mor has p r o v e n to be t r u e . It is v e ry
t r u e that the A r t i l l e r y will be mo-torized
in the near f u t u r e . Though
t h e exact date of this t r a n s f o r m a -
t i o n is not known it will probably
t a k e place sometime around the
first of May.
I n a l e t t e r received by the Insti
t u t e from the t r a i n i n g division of
t h e Services of Supply notification
was made of the following changes
in R.O.T.C. i n s t r u c t i o n equipment:
(1) Field Artillery R. O. T. C.
course is to be confined to motor-ized
instruction, sacrificing instruc-tions
in horse d r a w n artillery.
(2) Eight trucks (6x4 2 1-2 ton
c a r g o ) , 2 command cars, and 6
weapon c a r r i e r s will be shipped to
V. M. I. without requisition.
(3) In Cavalry R.O.T.C. units, as
much instruction in mechanized
c a v a l r y will be given as is possible
w i t h present materiel and equip-ment.
(4) Equipment made surplus by
t h e terms of this letter (All horses
a n d harnesses will come under this
notation.) will be reported to the
r e s p e c t i v e chiefs of services i n view
of t u r n i n g over the equipment to
t h e government.
I n regard to t h e horses it should
be mentioned that a request is be-i
n g made by the P.M.S.&T. for the
r e t e n t i o n of one h u n d r e d horses for
t h e cavalry unit.
Our two batteries of French 75's
a r e made obsolete by this order
since the s t e e l - t i r e d guns a r e adapt-a
b l e for h o r s e - d r a w n b a t t e r i e s only.
However a request has been sent
to the War Department for the
r e q u i s i t i o n i n g to VMI of seven
more r u b b e r - t i r e d 105mm. Howit-zers
to s u p p l e m e n t t h e p r e s e n t com-plement
of one Howitzer.
The members of the corps and
t h e instructors have long recog-nized
the v a l u a b l e t r a i n i n g in lead-ership,
discipline, a n d patience
which the horses have supplied. But
t h e VMI also recognizes the urgent
need for officer and enlisted per-sonnel
well trained in the highly
technical knowledge of modern mo-torized
w a r f a r e . And now VMI pre-p
a r e s to e n t e r a n ew era with high
a s p i r a t i o n s and firm resolve to do
a good job at whatever task our
c o u n t r y ' s service requires.
All Field A r t i l l e r y men are re-minded
to look on the Artillery
b u l l e t i n board for an important an-nouncement
in r e g a r d to t h e motor-ized
equipment now enroute to the
I n s t i t u t e .
Red Cross Drive
Goes Over Top
Mr. M a t t h ew W. P a x t o n made the
s t a t e m e n t shortly before The Cadet
went to press this afternoon that
Rockbridge County's Red Cross
campaign for $12,200 had today
"gone way over the tup."
With several places y e t to be h e a rd
from, including the Special Service
School where it is said that some-t
h i n g like $1,000 had been con-t
r i b u t e d , the campaign managers
a r e more than delighted with the
results.
Since t h e d r i v e was such a success
the' chances of t h e r e being a local
bazaar this spring are extremely
slight.
Many Girls Expected for Week-End
Second Class Show Set for April 9th
Commander Group
Furnish Music
For Coming Show
By DABNEY WARING
"The Second Claes Show this
y e a r will be a v a r i e t y show on a
l a r g e r s c a l e t h a n ever has been at-t
e m p t e d in the last f e w years at
V. M. I." was J im Inglis' remark
when interviewed about the f o r t h -
coming second class presentation,
scheduled to t a k e place in J. M.
Hall on the n i g h t of April 9, the
f i r s t n i g h t of E a s t e r Hope.
The sho,w consists of two acts,
l a s t i n g about one and one half or
t w o hours. The first act consists
of f o u r scenes and the second act
of t h r e e scenes, t h e s e seven scenes
being somewhat tied toegther.
'Music will be f u r n i s h e r by a
g r o u p f r om t h e now non-existent
but u n f o r g e t a b l e Commanders, di-r
e c t e d by Ziggy Freeman. Outside
of this mixed class group and the
six g i r l s f r om Southern Seminary,
who a r e being used f o r t h e femin-ine
talent, the show will be a rep-r
e s e n t a t i o n of pure second class
ingenuity. It was w r i t t e n by J im
Inglis, Harvey Sadoiw, Mac Mcln-t
y r e , and Lloyd Corkan. Jilm Gor-don
is the author of the opening
chorus, the finale, and two other
numbers in the show. Jim Clark,
Charley P a r k e r , and H a r r y E a s t e r -
ly will s h a r e the honors of Masters
of Ceremonies. The comedy ele-ment
is being handled by Taylor
Wilson and Mac Mclntyre. Miss
Doris Dillard, of Southern Semi-nary,
is d i r e c t i n g the dancing.
The cast is very enthusiastic
about i t s success and hope t h a t the
e n t i r e audience will be more than
s a t i s f i e d . The light theme of the
show will be increased and made
more enjoyable by the s t r e s s t h at
is being laid upon b r i n g i n g the au-dience
right i n t o the show. Prog-r
e s s is well under way by t h e e n t i re
cast including t h e s t a g e crew, who
have a l r e a d y begun work on the
s t a g e fixtures.
Maestro
FREDDIE LEE
Vocalist
BEA CLINE
P i c t u r e d above are Freddie Lee,
l e a d e r of the orchestra from
L y n c h o u r g which will f u r n i s h the
music for Saturday night's dance,
and his vocalist, Bea Cline.
Usual Schools
Send Feminine
Representatives
The First Class Hop, to be held
h e r e on Saturday, March 20, prom-ises
to be an excellent hop. There
will be many girls down for this
hop. The girls below are just some
of the girls coming.
F r om unfailing Southern Sem.
come: Muriel Wells, Carol Small,
J o y c e Ann Kenny, Connie Camp-bell,
Rosemary Graush, Winifred
J a n s e n , Ann Johnson, Lee Devers,
and Marjorie Bierman. The Sem.
also offers: Priscilla Dudley, Anne
Weston, Doris Dillard, Nancy
Ewing, Jane Thackery, and Ann
Tish.
Hollins comes second to the Sem.
in the number of dates. Traveling
over from Hollins will be: Mar-g
u e r i t e Cromwell, Lane Winship,
J a n e Henderson, J e a n n e t t e Bartle-son,
L a u r i e Rankin, Susan Carthage,
Betty Hamnett, Peggy Moore, and
Nancy O'Herron.
Randolph Macon and Mary Bald-win
a r e tied in the. n u m b e r of dates.
Macon will send: Catherine Harden,
Buddy Alexander, Virginia Pauli,
Eliza Beck, Mary Gordon Ellis,
Frances Totten, Bernie Willis, and
C h a r l o t t e Licle.
Mary Baldwin answers with Mary
Ann Lewis, Emy Del Elmer, Betty
Holt, Elizabeth Moore, Jane Lay-man,
Lucy Kay Moore, Nancy
Lightner, and J e a n Baylor.
Sweet B r i a r will contribute: Kitty
Doar, Ann Bower, Ann Thacite,
Palmour Holmes, Gloria Lupton,
and Sue Raggone.
Donations f r om Madison include:
Toni Willock, Dot Powell, Betty
Reeder, Margy Powell, and Penny
Nowlin.
F r om various places n o r t h of the
Mason-Dixon line: Bunny Mason,
Mildred Williams, Lola Ann Wil-kinson,
Jeanne Fitzgerald, Lillian
Roscho, Margaret Harrell, and W.
(Continued On Page 6)
Sherrard, Smith and Minton Participate In
Roanoke's Huge Physical Fitness Cavalcade
Dr. G. C. Finger
Lectures Chemists
On Flourine
Dr. G. C. Finger, member of the
Illinois Geological Survey board,
was a visitor in Lexington last
week us the guest of Lt. Col. H. M.
Ritchey.
Dr. Finger, chief organic chemist
connected with the Survey, is at
present investigating various or-ganic
flourine - mpounds produced
by various domination methods
During the past few days he has
l e c t u r e d to various < sections of the
first and second claW concerning
his work with the flouAJie bearing
compounds. \
Illinois, as the leading \ r o d u c e r
of flourspar in the UniteiV Stat,'
has made several appropriations
for Dr. F i n g e r ' s work witii the in-organic
and organic flourine bear-ing
compounds. At the p r e s e n t time
Dr. Finger is working ill connec-tion
witli th'? chemical w h r f a r e de-partment
and the results of his
work cannot be made "known. Ac-cording
to Dr. Finger, tne results
of his p r e s e n t investigations should
prove most valuable.
S a t u r d a y night three tumblers
l e f t Lexington to represent VMI in
t h e "Cavalcade of Physical Fit-ness"
program staged in the Roa-noke
auditorium at Roanoke. The
t h r e e cadets, Robert Sherrard, Jul-ius
Minton u n d Gordon Smith, took
p a r t in a p r o g r am which lasted ap-p
r o x i m a t e l y three hours by going
t h r o u g h a tricky f i f t e e n m i n u t e rou-tine.
S h e r r a r d , as is usual when he
tumbles for exhibition, had the
crowd of some 2,500 people gasping
for breath as he snapped through
his flying flips and twists. Julius
Minton, well known in Roanoke for
his outstanding football ability ('42
a l l - s t a t e ) received a big round of
a p p l a u s e as he came out in f r o n t of
his home town audience, und pro-ceeded
to put on a f i n e h a n d - t o - h a nd
balancing act as low man on a to-t
em pole.
The purpose of the huge physical
f i t n e s s p r o g r am which lasted Friday
night, S a t u r d a y afternoon, and Sat-urday
night, wus to show just what
t h e schools of Roanoke were doing
to build up and emphasize physical
t r a i n i n g . The schools in territory
s u r r o u n d i n g Roanoke were each in-v
i t e d to send a group to represent
Continued On Page 6)
Commandant
States Reasons
For Neiv Drill
BY E. J . WILLIAMS
I n an interview with The Com-mandant
last Sunday various rea-sons
for the recently inaugurated
l e a d e r s h i p drill were stated. Col-onel
Fray explained that he did not
t h i n k the cadet privates were get-t
i n g the t r a i n i n g that the commis-sioned
and non-commissioned cadet
officers were getting. For this rea-son
steps were taken this year to
correct the loss of practical experi-ence
in the instruction und com-manding
of men.
Idea S t a r t e d Several Years Ago
When Col. Fray was professor of
A r t i l l e r y M. S & T. at the Institute
in 1936, he noticed that during the
r e g u l a r drill period the cadets
would go t h r o u g h the manual of
arms or close order drills half-h
e a r t e d l y and mechanically. This, it
seemed to him, was not t h e right at-titude.
He cast around in his mind
for some plausible substitute drill
| which would be of more interest to
(Continued On Page 6)
Hop Constitutes
'Final BaW
For Pre-Meds
Taking on an added m e a n i n g sel-dom
found in first class hops, this
S a t u r d a y n i g h t ' s dance will not on-ly
serve as t h e usual March tonic
for the Corps, but will be a grad-uation
hop for the thirteen pre-medical
students of the first class
who will be graduated at exercises
to be held on Saturday morning at
nine. In view of the fact t h a t there
a r e to be graduation exercises, a
somewhat larger crowd than usual
is forecast. The hops will last f r om
9-12, w i t h music being f u r n i s h e d by
F r e d d i e Lee and his band.
Although these pre-medical stud-ents
w i l l be f r e e to leave immedia-t
e ly a f t e r the morning exercises, it
is expected that most of t h em will
r e m a i n for the evening's activities,
despite the fact that medical school
for most of them will begin early
next week.
F r e d d i e Lee will bring much the
same unit to Lexington which has
pleased dancers all over the state
of Virginia, and p a r t i c u l a r l y in this
w e s t e r n part. The band is m a d e up
of ten men, and while this number
is not at all large for a band, those
who have heard's Lee's music will
agree that he is worth listening to.
Evidence of the popularity of this
u n i t is shown by the following list
of schools where the band has been
h e a r d at dances: Roanoke College.
Randolph-Macon, Sweetbriar, Uni-v
e r s i t y of Virginia, Lynchburg Col-lege,
University of North Carolina,
and also at the joint VMI-VPI
dance held at Roanoke after this
past T h a n k s g i v i n g ' s football classic.
The past t h r e e years have always
seen the March first class hop judg-ed
one of the year's best, not ex-cluding
the l a r g e sets of hops, and
(Continued On Page 6)
ASCE Meeting
Number Six
Held Today
A meeting of the V. M. I. mem-b
e r s of the American Society of
Civil E n g i n e e r s was held in the au-d
i t o r i um of Nichols' Engineering
B u i l d i n g this morning during first
class period. This m a r k e d the sixth
of a series of such meetings which
a r e held a n n u a l l y by the V. M. I
chapter.
Cadet Demmler, P r e s i d e n t of the
A. S. C. E., presided at t h e meeting,
and talks w e r e given by B. S. Riggin,
I. C. Riggin, W. C. Andrews, a n d G.
S. Adams.
Bruce Suter discussed "City ver-sus
County Work," f r om experience
gained t h r o u g h work at Camp Pick-ett,
and t h r o u g h an underpass con-s
t r u c t i o n job at Syracuse, N. Y. His
t a lk was accompanied by luntern
slides.
"Shell fish work in P o l l u t i o n of
s t r e a m s " was the topic of I. C. Rig-gin's
talk, who has spent some time
in s a n i t a r y engineering work under
t h e Health Department of Virginia.
Riggin was able to give an unusual
amount of interesting information
concerning sanitation, because his
f a t h e r is the State Health t o m -
missioner of Virginia.
Following Riggin, W. C. Andrews
gave an interesting talk entitled:
"With the Fourth Echelon," which
dealt with maintenance and repair
j w o r k with the Atlantic Ordnance
Motor Buse.
I Finally, bringing the meeting to
a close, Gordon S. Adems talked
about his experiences in a survey-
I ing p a r t y at Camp Lee.
I It is not known when the A. S. C.
E. will have its next meeting.
Exam Period
Is Forecasted
For May 12-20
First Classmen
Get Cit Privileges
As conditions now exist, Finals
this year will begin in e a r n e s t on
May 20. The examination period
for all classes will probably cover
t h e period from May 12 through
May 20. The Baccalaureate Sermon
will be given on Sunday morning,
May 16, at eleven o'clock, and the
g r a d u a t i o n exercises will be held
in Jackson Memorial Hall on Sat-urday,
May 22, at eleven o'clock.
Schedule
The r e c e n t l y approved schedule is
as follows:
May 16, 11:00 a. m.—Baccalau-r
e a t e sermon (The speaker will be
announced at some f u t u r e date.)
At this service plans will be an-nounced
for memorial to f o r m e r ca-dets
J a r m a n and Mason. Class of
'43.
May 20, 9:00 p. m.—Alumni re-ception.
10:00 p. m.—Monogram Hop, or
Final German or Third Class Ring
Figure.
May 21st, 10:30 a. m.—Garrison
Review for Alumni.
2:00 p. m.—Annual meeting, Gen-eral
Alumni Association, Jackson
Memorial Hall.
4:00 p. m. — Regimental Review
for Board of Visitors, presentation
of prizes: 1. Garnett Andrews cup;
2. Company rifle cup; 3. Company
i n t r a m u r a l cup; 4. Individual rifle
cup; 5. ROTC medals; 6. Other mili-t
a r y trophies.
5:00 p. m.—Graduation parade.
9:00 p. m.—Superintendent's re-ception.
11:00 p. m.—Final ball.
May 22nd, 11:00 a. m.—Gradua-tion
exercises, Jackson Memorial
hall:
1. Invocation.
2. Announcement of Distinctions.
3. Valedictory address.
4. Announcement of honors.
(a) Award of J a c k s o n - H o p e med-als.
(b) Award of Cincinnati medal.
(c) Award of French medal in
mathematics.
(4) Award of Dearing medal in
English l i t e r a t u r e.
( f ) Award of Garnett Andrews
prize.
5. Address to corps.
6. P r e s e n t a t i o n of Diplomas and
degrees.
7. Benediction.
8. Final formation on the Hill.
(a) Publication of Promotions and
appointments, (b) Auld Lang Syne.
P r o m o t i o ns
Promotions and appointments will
be made just as if the second, t h i rd
and f o u r t h classes were all to re-turn.
General Kilbourne stated
that this will be done so that ca-dets
earning stripes will have it
on record not only at the I n s t i t u te
but on the papers that accompany
t h em to camps and in f u t u r e l e t t e rs
of recommendation.
T e n t a t i v e Plan
The examination schedule an-nounced
above is purely tentative
and will be decided upon definitely
sometime in the near f u t u r e by the
Academic board. For old cadets the
next semester will begin on June
(Continued On Page 6)
Major Foster
Will Lecture
On Astronomy
By DABNEY WAKING
The series of courses on Naviga-tion
which aire being given every
Wednesday a f t e r n o o n to any cadet
i n t e r e s t e d has now reached its mid-point.
Lt. Mullen has ended the
f i r s t phase of the session which
was a condensed course on Spher-ical
Trigonometry, prepared in
imemeograph f o rm by Lt. Mullen
and now in use by the T h i r d Class
S u r v e y i n g Sections. The r e m a i n d er
of the classes will deal more di-rectly
with the f u n d a m e n t a l s of
a c t u a l Navigation. Lt. Wheat is
i n s t r u c t i n g the l a t t e r p a r t of this
i o u r s e . The c l a s s e s will last about
five w e e k s more. In the r e m a i n i ng
time, Lt. Wheat intends to dis-cuss
Dead Reckoning Navigation,
Radio Navigation, and (Celestial)
N a v i g a t i o n . He intends also t o go
into a brief discourse on Meteo-rology
and the Atmosphere and
t h e i r r e l a t i o n to Navigation.
As part of the course the stu-d
e n t s will be t a k e n into the field
and shown tihe practical use of the
Sextant before the session is com-pleted.
It is also "planned to all-r
a n g e f o r a lecture an Astronumy
in the course of the studies. Thh
l e c t u r e will be given by Major
F o s t e r .

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Tentative May 20-22 Finals Program Outlined
Pre-Med Class Receives Diplomas At Exercises Saturday
Colonel Card
Will Address
Graduates
Parade To Be Held
At Five Friday
G r a d u a t i o n P a r a d e for the First
Classmen of t h e Pre-Medical course
will be held at 191700Z (5:00 P. M.
Friday, the 19th i n s t a n t ) ; the Com-m
a n d a n t will issue the necessary
instructions. »
G r a d u a t i o n Exercises will be con-ducted
at 200900Z (9:00 A. M., Sat-urday,
the 20th instant.) First Class
Sections will be dismissed at 0845
(8:45 A. M.). The class will be as-sembled
at 0855 (8:55 A. M.) and
marched by the class president to
J a c k s o n Memorial Hall. The uni-f
o rm will be as for c h u r c h cadet of-f
i c e r s w e a r i n g sashes.
The Board of Visitors and heads
of departments, not having classes
f o r the second class period, will as-semble
in f r o n t of the old l i b r a ry
at 0855 (8:55 A. M.); in case of in-clement
weather, the assembly will
be in the lobby of Jackson Mem-orial
Hall. They will follow the
F i r s t Class into J a c k s o n Hall and be
seated on the p l a t f o r m . U n i f o rm for
officers, olive drab. Members of the
f a c u l t y and staff, t h e i r families and
guests are invited to attend. Cadets
e x p e c t i n g t h e i r p a r e n t s or f r i e n d s to
be present are requested to notify
Colonel Millner in order that the
seats may be reserved.
The following program is an-nounced:
Invocation
Announcement of Distinctions,
Address by the President, First
Class,
Award of t h e "Alfred H. Knowles
1933 Award", by Lt. Col. Rob-e
r t P. Carroll.
Address by Col. Daniel P. Card,
Surgeon, V. M. I.
Auld Lang Syne.
Benediction.
Release on the r e s e r v a t i o n f o r the
F i r s t Class till third class period
when normal routine will be re-sumed.
I t l t J l C u b ct
of
e Virginia Military Institute
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE COUPS OF CADETS
VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 15,1943 NUMBER 21
Freddie Lee's Orchestra To Play for Hop Saturday
Colonel Hepner Reveals VMI Artillery Motorization
Joseph Parrish
Institute Carpenter
Dies in Carolina
Word was received here yesterday
t h a t Joseph Vernon Parrish, known
a r o u n d the Institute as "Shorty",
died Saturday, March 13, at Greens-boro,
North Carolina.
P a r r i s h began work as a carpen-t
e r at t h e I n s t i t u t e in September of
1927, and worked steadily until he
became ill about six weeks ago. He
went to his home in Greensboro on
March 6. S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r he suf-f
e r e d a set-back, and death claimed
h im on Saturday.
Much of t h e equipment in t h e va-r
i o u s d e p a r t m e n t buildings are his
handiwork, as he was a v e r y skilled
c a r p e n t e r . His time was spent in
m a k i n g desks, tables, book-cases,
a n d cabinets f o r t h e academic build-ings.
He also made doors, tables,
a n d other such equipment for
rooms in barracks. S h o r t y was well
known by the officers of the Insti-tute,
t h e Corps of Cadets and fellow
workmen. He always had time to
give of hi? e x t e n s i v e woodworking
knowledge and experience to those
who Indulged in the c a r p e n t r y and
c a b i n e t - m a k i n g as a hobby.
P a r r i s h was born in McCleans-ville,
North Carolina, on August 18,
1885. He is s u r v i v e d by a sister in
Greensboro and by a d a u g h t e r , Mrs.
Paul Laird of Lexington. He will
be sorely missed by a host of
f r i e n d s and acquaintances.
W-L May Have
Pre-Medical Unit
A committee lioin the War De-p
a r t m e n t was on the Wu.-.hiu1 t en
and Lee campus early in the week
making an inspection and discuss-ing
a r r a n g e m e n t s for the possible
• e s t a b l i s h m e n t at the university of
a pre-medical unit in t h e army pro-g
r am of specialized training. Ne-gotiations
are still continuing, ac-cording
to Dr. Francis P. Gaines,
president, but no conclusions have
yet been reached.
Notice!
The regular weekly meeting of
t h e editorial stall' of The Cadet will
be held ill The Cadet Room at tat-too
tonight. All members are espe-cially
urged to be present with
pencils and paper.
Billv Clark's Football Finale may
be attended by all—at the price ol
t w e n t y - l i v e cents a person. Cadets
will pay.
Eight Trucks
Listed Among
Equipment
By RAYMOND YOW
For some time now t h e r u m o r has
c i r c u l a t e d through barracks that
t h e Field A r t i l l e r y was to b e motor-ized.
And perhaps for t h e first time
i n t h e h i s t o r y of t h e I n s t i t u t e a r u -
mor has p r o v e n to be t r u e . It is v e ry
t r u e that the A r t i l l e r y will be mo-torized
in the near f u t u r e . Though
t h e exact date of this t r a n s f o r m a -
t i o n is not known it will probably
t a k e place sometime around the
first of May.
I n a l e t t e r received by the Insti
t u t e from the t r a i n i n g division of
t h e Services of Supply notification
was made of the following changes
in R.O.T.C. i n s t r u c t i o n equipment:
(1) Field Artillery R. O. T. C.
course is to be confined to motor-ized
instruction, sacrificing instruc-tions
in horse d r a w n artillery.
(2) Eight trucks (6x4 2 1-2 ton
c a r g o ) , 2 command cars, and 6
weapon c a r r i e r s will be shipped to
V. M. I. without requisition.
(3) In Cavalry R.O.T.C. units, as
much instruction in mechanized
c a v a l r y will be given as is possible
w i t h present materiel and equip-ment.
(4) Equipment made surplus by
t h e terms of this letter (All horses
a n d harnesses will come under this
notation.) will be reported to the
r e s p e c t i v e chiefs of services i n view
of t u r n i n g over the equipment to
t h e government.
I n regard to t h e horses it should
be mentioned that a request is be-i
n g made by the P.M.S.&T. for the
r e t e n t i o n of one h u n d r e d horses for
t h e cavalry unit.
Our two batteries of French 75's
a r e made obsolete by this order
since the s t e e l - t i r e d guns a r e adapt-a
b l e for h o r s e - d r a w n b a t t e r i e s only.
However a request has been sent
to the War Department for the
r e q u i s i t i o n i n g to VMI of seven
more r u b b e r - t i r e d 105mm. Howit-zers
to s u p p l e m e n t t h e p r e s e n t com-plement
of one Howitzer.
The members of the corps and
t h e instructors have long recog-nized
the v a l u a b l e t r a i n i n g in lead-ership,
discipline, a n d patience
which the horses have supplied. But
t h e VMI also recognizes the urgent
need for officer and enlisted per-sonnel
well trained in the highly
technical knowledge of modern mo-torized
w a r f a r e . And now VMI pre-p
a r e s to e n t e r a n ew era with high
a s p i r a t i o n s and firm resolve to do
a good job at whatever task our
c o u n t r y ' s service requires.
All Field A r t i l l e r y men are re-minded
to look on the Artillery
b u l l e t i n board for an important an-nouncement
in r e g a r d to t h e motor-ized
equipment now enroute to the
I n s t i t u t e .
Red Cross Drive
Goes Over Top
Mr. M a t t h ew W. P a x t o n made the
s t a t e m e n t shortly before The Cadet
went to press this afternoon that
Rockbridge County's Red Cross
campaign for $12,200 had today
"gone way over the tup."
With several places y e t to be h e a rd
from, including the Special Service
School where it is said that some-t
h i n g like $1,000 had been con-t
r i b u t e d , the campaign managers
a r e more than delighted with the
results.
Since t h e d r i v e was such a success
the' chances of t h e r e being a local
bazaar this spring are extremely
slight.
Many Girls Expected for Week-End
Second Class Show Set for April 9th
Commander Group
Furnish Music
For Coming Show
By DABNEY WARING
"The Second Claes Show this
y e a r will be a v a r i e t y show on a
l a r g e r s c a l e t h a n ever has been at-t
e m p t e d in the last f e w years at
V. M. I." was J im Inglis' remark
when interviewed about the f o r t h -
coming second class presentation,
scheduled to t a k e place in J. M.
Hall on the n i g h t of April 9, the
f i r s t n i g h t of E a s t e r Hope.
The sho,w consists of two acts,
l a s t i n g about one and one half or
t w o hours. The first act consists
of f o u r scenes and the second act
of t h r e e scenes, t h e s e seven scenes
being somewhat tied toegther.
'Music will be f u r n i s h e r by a
g r o u p f r om t h e now non-existent
but u n f o r g e t a b l e Commanders, di-r
e c t e d by Ziggy Freeman. Outside
of this mixed class group and the
six g i r l s f r om Southern Seminary,
who a r e being used f o r t h e femin-ine
talent, the show will be a rep-r
e s e n t a t i o n of pure second class
ingenuity. It was w r i t t e n by J im
Inglis, Harvey Sadoiw, Mac Mcln-t
y r e , and Lloyd Corkan. Jilm Gor-don
is the author of the opening
chorus, the finale, and two other
numbers in the show. Jim Clark,
Charley P a r k e r , and H a r r y E a s t e r -
ly will s h a r e the honors of Masters
of Ceremonies. The comedy ele-ment
is being handled by Taylor
Wilson and Mac Mclntyre. Miss
Doris Dillard, of Southern Semi-nary,
is d i r e c t i n g the dancing.
The cast is very enthusiastic
about i t s success and hope t h a t the
e n t i r e audience will be more than
s a t i s f i e d . The light theme of the
show will be increased and made
more enjoyable by the s t r e s s t h at
is being laid upon b r i n g i n g the au-dience
right i n t o the show. Prog-r
e s s is well under way by t h e e n t i re
cast including t h e s t a g e crew, who
have a l r e a d y begun work on the
s t a g e fixtures.
Maestro
FREDDIE LEE
Vocalist
BEA CLINE
P i c t u r e d above are Freddie Lee,
l e a d e r of the orchestra from
L y n c h o u r g which will f u r n i s h the
music for Saturday night's dance,
and his vocalist, Bea Cline.
Usual Schools
Send Feminine
Representatives
The First Class Hop, to be held
h e r e on Saturday, March 20, prom-ises
to be an excellent hop. There
will be many girls down for this
hop. The girls below are just some
of the girls coming.
F r om unfailing Southern Sem.
come: Muriel Wells, Carol Small,
J o y c e Ann Kenny, Connie Camp-bell,
Rosemary Graush, Winifred
J a n s e n , Ann Johnson, Lee Devers,
and Marjorie Bierman. The Sem.
also offers: Priscilla Dudley, Anne
Weston, Doris Dillard, Nancy
Ewing, Jane Thackery, and Ann
Tish.
Hollins comes second to the Sem.
in the number of dates. Traveling
over from Hollins will be: Mar-g
u e r i t e Cromwell, Lane Winship,
J a n e Henderson, J e a n n e t t e Bartle-son,
L a u r i e Rankin, Susan Carthage,
Betty Hamnett, Peggy Moore, and
Nancy O'Herron.
Randolph Macon and Mary Bald-win
a r e tied in the. n u m b e r of dates.
Macon will send: Catherine Harden,
Buddy Alexander, Virginia Pauli,
Eliza Beck, Mary Gordon Ellis,
Frances Totten, Bernie Willis, and
C h a r l o t t e Licle.
Mary Baldwin answers with Mary
Ann Lewis, Emy Del Elmer, Betty
Holt, Elizabeth Moore, Jane Lay-man,
Lucy Kay Moore, Nancy
Lightner, and J e a n Baylor.
Sweet B r i a r will contribute: Kitty
Doar, Ann Bower, Ann Thacite,
Palmour Holmes, Gloria Lupton,
and Sue Raggone.
Donations f r om Madison include:
Toni Willock, Dot Powell, Betty
Reeder, Margy Powell, and Penny
Nowlin.
F r om various places n o r t h of the
Mason-Dixon line: Bunny Mason,
Mildred Williams, Lola Ann Wil-kinson,
Jeanne Fitzgerald, Lillian
Roscho, Margaret Harrell, and W.
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Sherrard, Smith and Minton Participate In
Roanoke's Huge Physical Fitness Cavalcade
Dr. G. C. Finger
Lectures Chemists
On Flourine
Dr. G. C. Finger, member of the
Illinois Geological Survey board,
was a visitor in Lexington last
week us the guest of Lt. Col. H. M.
Ritchey.
Dr. Finger, chief organic chemist
connected with the Survey, is at
present investigating various or-ganic
flourine - mpounds produced
by various domination methods
During the past few days he has
l e c t u r e d to various < sections of the
first and second claW concerning
his work with the flouAJie bearing
compounds. \
Illinois, as the leading \ r o d u c e r
of flourspar in the UniteiV Stat,'
has made several appropriations
for Dr. F i n g e r ' s work witii the in-organic
and organic flourine bear-ing
compounds. At the p r e s e n t time
Dr. Finger is working ill connec-tion
witli th'? chemical w h r f a r e de-partment
and the results of his
work cannot be made "known. Ac-cording
to Dr. Finger, tne results
of his p r e s e n t investigations should
prove most valuable.
S a t u r d a y night three tumblers
l e f t Lexington to represent VMI in
t h e "Cavalcade of Physical Fit-ness"
program staged in the Roa-noke
auditorium at Roanoke. The
t h r e e cadets, Robert Sherrard, Jul-ius
Minton u n d Gordon Smith, took
p a r t in a p r o g r am which lasted ap-p
r o x i m a t e l y three hours by going
t h r o u g h a tricky f i f t e e n m i n u t e rou-tine.
S h e r r a r d , as is usual when he
tumbles for exhibition, had the
crowd of some 2,500 people gasping
for breath as he snapped through
his flying flips and twists. Julius
Minton, well known in Roanoke for
his outstanding football ability ('42
a l l - s t a t e ) received a big round of
a p p l a u s e as he came out in f r o n t of
his home town audience, und pro-ceeded
to put on a f i n e h a n d - t o - h a nd
balancing act as low man on a to-t
em pole.
The purpose of the huge physical
f i t n e s s p r o g r am which lasted Friday
night, S a t u r d a y afternoon, and Sat-urday
night, wus to show just what
t h e schools of Roanoke were doing
to build up and emphasize physical
t r a i n i n g . The schools in territory
s u r r o u n d i n g Roanoke were each in-v
i t e d to send a group to represent
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Commandant
States Reasons
For Neiv Drill
BY E. J . WILLIAMS
I n an interview with The Com-mandant
last Sunday various rea-sons
for the recently inaugurated
l e a d e r s h i p drill were stated. Col-onel
Fray explained that he did not
t h i n k the cadet privates were get-t
i n g the t r a i n i n g that the commis-sioned
and non-commissioned cadet
officers were getting. For this rea-son
steps were taken this year to
correct the loss of practical experi-ence
in the instruction und com-manding
of men.
Idea S t a r t e d Several Years Ago
When Col. Fray was professor of
A r t i l l e r y M. S & T. at the Institute
in 1936, he noticed that during the
r e g u l a r drill period the cadets
would go t h r o u g h the manual of
arms or close order drills half-h
e a r t e d l y and mechanically. This, it
seemed to him, was not t h e right at-titude.
He cast around in his mind
for some plausible substitute drill
| which would be of more interest to
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Hop Constitutes
'Final BaW
For Pre-Meds
Taking on an added m e a n i n g sel-dom
found in first class hops, this
S a t u r d a y n i g h t ' s dance will not on-ly
serve as t h e usual March tonic
for the Corps, but will be a grad-uation
hop for the thirteen pre-medical
students of the first class
who will be graduated at exercises
to be held on Saturday morning at
nine. In view of the fact t h a t there
a r e to be graduation exercises, a
somewhat larger crowd than usual
is forecast. The hops will last f r om
9-12, w i t h music being f u r n i s h e d by
F r e d d i e Lee and his band.
Although these pre-medical stud-ents
w i l l be f r e e to leave immedia-t
e ly a f t e r the morning exercises, it
is expected that most of t h em will
r e m a i n for the evening's activities,
despite the fact that medical school
for most of them will begin early
next week.
F r e d d i e Lee will bring much the
same unit to Lexington which has
pleased dancers all over the state
of Virginia, and p a r t i c u l a r l y in this
w e s t e r n part. The band is m a d e up
of ten men, and while this number
is not at all large for a band, those
who have heard's Lee's music will
agree that he is worth listening to.
Evidence of the popularity of this
u n i t is shown by the following list
of schools where the band has been
h e a r d at dances: Roanoke College.
Randolph-Macon, Sweetbriar, Uni-v
e r s i t y of Virginia, Lynchburg Col-lege,
University of North Carolina,
and also at the joint VMI-VPI
dance held at Roanoke after this
past T h a n k s g i v i n g ' s football classic.
The past t h r e e years have always
seen the March first class hop judg-ed
one of the year's best, not ex-cluding
the l a r g e sets of hops, and
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ASCE Meeting
Number Six
Held Today
A meeting of the V. M. I. mem-b
e r s of the American Society of
Civil E n g i n e e r s was held in the au-d
i t o r i um of Nichols' Engineering
B u i l d i n g this morning during first
class period. This m a r k e d the sixth
of a series of such meetings which
a r e held a n n u a l l y by the V. M. I
chapter.
Cadet Demmler, P r e s i d e n t of the
A. S. C. E., presided at t h e meeting,
and talks w e r e given by B. S. Riggin,
I. C. Riggin, W. C. Andrews, a n d G.
S. Adams.
Bruce Suter discussed "City ver-sus
County Work," f r om experience
gained t h r o u g h work at Camp Pick-ett,
and t h r o u g h an underpass con-s
t r u c t i o n job at Syracuse, N. Y. His
t a lk was accompanied by luntern
slides.
"Shell fish work in P o l l u t i o n of
s t r e a m s " was the topic of I. C. Rig-gin's
talk, who has spent some time
in s a n i t a r y engineering work under
t h e Health Department of Virginia.
Riggin was able to give an unusual
amount of interesting information
concerning sanitation, because his
f a t h e r is the State Health t o m -
missioner of Virginia.
Following Riggin, W. C. Andrews
gave an interesting talk entitled:
"With the Fourth Echelon," which
dealt with maintenance and repair
j w o r k with the Atlantic Ordnance
Motor Buse.
I Finally, bringing the meeting to
a close, Gordon S. Adems talked
about his experiences in a survey-
I ing p a r t y at Camp Lee.
I It is not known when the A. S. C.
E. will have its next meeting.
Exam Period
Is Forecasted
For May 12-20
First Classmen
Get Cit Privileges
As conditions now exist, Finals
this year will begin in e a r n e s t on
May 20. The examination period
for all classes will probably cover
t h e period from May 12 through
May 20. The Baccalaureate Sermon
will be given on Sunday morning,
May 16, at eleven o'clock, and the
g r a d u a t i o n exercises will be held
in Jackson Memorial Hall on Sat-urday,
May 22, at eleven o'clock.
Schedule
The r e c e n t l y approved schedule is
as follows:
May 16, 11:00 a. m.—Baccalau-r
e a t e sermon (The speaker will be
announced at some f u t u r e date.)
At this service plans will be an-nounced
for memorial to f o r m e r ca-dets
J a r m a n and Mason. Class of
'43.
May 20, 9:00 p. m.—Alumni re-ception.
10:00 p. m.—Monogram Hop, or
Final German or Third Class Ring
Figure.
May 21st, 10:30 a. m.—Garrison
Review for Alumni.
2:00 p. m.—Annual meeting, Gen-eral
Alumni Association, Jackson
Memorial Hall.
4:00 p. m. — Regimental Review
for Board of Visitors, presentation
of prizes: 1. Garnett Andrews cup;
2. Company rifle cup; 3. Company
i n t r a m u r a l cup; 4. Individual rifle
cup; 5. ROTC medals; 6. Other mili-t
a r y trophies.
5:00 p. m.—Graduation parade.
9:00 p. m.—Superintendent's re-ception.
11:00 p. m.—Final ball.
May 22nd, 11:00 a. m.—Gradua-tion
exercises, Jackson Memorial
hall:
1. Invocation.
2. Announcement of Distinctions.
3. Valedictory address.
4. Announcement of honors.
(a) Award of J a c k s o n - H o p e med-als.
(b) Award of Cincinnati medal.
(c) Award of French medal in
mathematics.
(4) Award of Dearing medal in
English l i t e r a t u r e.
( f ) Award of Garnett Andrews
prize.
5. Address to corps.
6. P r e s e n t a t i o n of Diplomas and
degrees.
7. Benediction.
8. Final formation on the Hill.
(a) Publication of Promotions and
appointments, (b) Auld Lang Syne.
P r o m o t i o ns
Promotions and appointments will
be made just as if the second, t h i rd
and f o u r t h classes were all to re-turn.
General Kilbourne stated
that this will be done so that ca-dets
earning stripes will have it
on record not only at the I n s t i t u te
but on the papers that accompany
t h em to camps and in f u t u r e l e t t e rs
of recommendation.
T e n t a t i v e Plan
The examination schedule an-nounced
above is purely tentative
and will be decided upon definitely
sometime in the near f u t u r e by the
Academic board. For old cadets the
next semester will begin on June
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Major Foster
Will Lecture
On Astronomy
By DABNEY WAKING
The series of courses on Naviga-tion
which aire being given every
Wednesday a f t e r n o o n to any cadet
i n t e r e s t e d has now reached its mid-point.
Lt. Mullen has ended the
f i r s t phase of the session which
was a condensed course on Spher-ical
Trigonometry, prepared in
imemeograph f o rm by Lt. Mullen
and now in use by the T h i r d Class
S u r v e y i n g Sections. The r e m a i n d er
of the classes will deal more di-rectly
with the f u n d a m e n t a l s of
a c t u a l Navigation. Lt. Wheat is
i n s t r u c t i n g the l a t t e r p a r t of this
i o u r s e . The c l a s s e s will last about
five w e e k s more. In the r e m a i n i ng
time, Lt. Wheat intends to dis-cuss
Dead Reckoning Navigation,
Radio Navigation, and (Celestial)
N a v i g a t i o n . He intends also t o go
into a brief discourse on Meteo-rology
and the Atmosphere and
t h e i r r e l a t i o n to Navigation.
As part of the course the stu-d
e n t s will be t a k e n into the field
and shown tihe practical use of the
Sextant before the session is com-pleted.
It is also "planned to all-r
a n g e f o r a lecture an Astronumy
in the course of the studies. Thh
l e c t u r e will be given by Major
F o s t e r .